Decision Making with the "Adaptive Toolbox": Influence of Environmental Structure, Intelligence, and Working Memory Load

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 611-625

  Bro̊der, Arndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0141640999     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.4.611     Document Type: Review

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